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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
trans fatty acid
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
2. What is the function of vitamin C?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
300 cal/day increase
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
protein and fat
3. The higher the BMR a client has --
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
can consume more calories without weight gain
carrots and sweet potatoes
decrease in total lymphocyte count
4. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
4 calories/gram
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
5. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
liver and intestinal synthesis
18-25
one week period
2.5 cups
6. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
hemorrhage
fat soluble vitamins
500 cal/day
7. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
one tspn salt or less
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
one week period
liver and intestinal synthesis
8. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
review of systems
carrots and sweet potatoes
protein and fat
6 oz. a day
9. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
B and C
10. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
18-25
diet recall
prealbumin levels
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
11. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
vitamin K
300 cal/day increase
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
transferrin
12. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
3 cups
milk - enriched grains
hemorrhage
13. What is normal albumin levels?
fats
protein and fat
pregnant women or elderly
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
14. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
cream cheese - cream or butter
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
B and C
15. Where can you get more vitamin D?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
one week period
dairy and fortified foods
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
16. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
trans fatty acid
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
pregnant women or elderly
17. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
2 cups
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
18. What is normal BMI?
protein and fat
milk - enriched grains
3 cups
18-25
19. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
4 calories/gram
cream cheese - cream or butter
20. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
albumin levels
atrophy or wasting of muscle
21. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
4 calories/gram
day week or month
low albumin levels < 3.4
22. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
carrots and sweet potatoes
protein
23. What function is vitamin A?
protein and fat
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
one week period
24. Sources of fats
atrophy or wasting of muscle
B and C
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
25. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
4 calories/gram
vitamin C - citrus fruits
5.5 ounces/day
26. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
6 oz. a day
protein and fat
albumin levels
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
27. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
6 oz. a day
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
28. When does BMR decrease?
transferrin
protein and fat
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
4 calories/gram
29. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
prealbumin levels
18-25
30. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
one tspn salt or less
essential amino acids
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
31. What type of people need extra protein?
18-25
atrophy or wasting of muscle
day week or month
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
32. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
low albumin levels < 3.4
transferrin
dietary approach to stop hypertension
33. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
one tspn salt or less
vitamin C - citrus fruits
decrease in total lymphocyte count
34. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
prealbumin levels
day week or month
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
TPN total parenteral nutrition
35. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
pregnant women or elderly
dairy and fortified foods
vitamin K
36. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
protein
transferrin
37. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
liver and intestinal synthesis
essential amino acids
dairy and fortified foods
38. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
cream cheese - cream or butter
rickets - osteomalacia
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
39. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
3 cups
fat soluble vitamins
apple is higher risk than a pear
4 calories/gram
40. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
4 calories/gram
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
low albumin levels < 3.4
antioxidant - immune function
41. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
hemoglobin
trans fatty acid
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
42. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
dairy and fortified foods
5.5 ounces/day
500 cal/day
43. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
protein
vitamin C - citrus fruits
liver and intestinal synthesis
atrophy or wasting of muscle
44. What does DASH stand for?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
6 oz. a day
dietary approach to stop hypertension
fat soluble vitamins
45. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
protein and fat
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
46. What are healthy sources of fats?
protein
5.5 ounces/day
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
47. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
review of systems
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
3 cups
day week or month
48. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
2 cups
TPN total parenteral nutrition
essential amino acids
fat soluble vitamins
49. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
dietary approach to stop hypertension
liver and intestinal synthesis
antioxidant - immune function
50. What is RDA of protein?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
pregnant women or elderly
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
rickets - osteomalacia